6/11/1999
6/11/1999
6/11/1999
Landmark information
- Location:
Oregon Gulch Rd (PM 5.5), just S of intersection with Derrick Rd, between Oroville and Cherokee - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
6/11/1999 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/11/1999 - GPS Coordinates:
N 39 35.55, W 121 31.732
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Oregon City
Entering California over the Applegate and Lassen Trails, a party of Oregonians, captained by Peter H. Burnett, arrived here in Autumn of 1848 to establish the town of Oregon City. Burnett, little more than a year later, became the first Civil Governor of California. Oregon City, for a time, continued to prosper as a gold mining and supply center and then declined into virtual oblivion.